Elements of Art Studio Art

Elements of ArtThe building blocks or ingredients of art. They structure and carry the work.

Elements of Art

• Line• Shape• Form• Space• Color• Value• Texture

The Elements

of Art

A mark with length and direction. A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point.

LINE

May be vertical, horizontal,

diagonal, curved, straight, zigzag or

show emotion. Organic and Geometric

LINEOrganic

Geometric

SHAPEAn enclosed area defined

and determined by other art elements; 2-dimensional.

SHAPEShapes can be geometric or organic. GEOMETRIC: square, triangle, rectangle,

rhombus, circle

ORGANIC: free form shapes, shapes in

nature

Shapes can be geometric or organic. GEOMETRIC: square, triangle, rectangle,

rhombus, circle ORGANIC: free form

shapes, shapes in nature

SHAPE

A 3-dimensional object; or something in a 2-dimensional artwork that appears to be 3-dimensional.

FORM

FORMForm can be 2D Form can be 3D

FORMFORMShows an object in space, the mass or positive space it occupies.

For example, a triangle, which is 2-dimensional, is a shape, but a pyramid, which is 3-dimensional, is a form.

Foreground, Middleground and Background (creates DEPTH)

The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.

SPACE

Positive Space (filled with something) Negative Space (empty areas)

SPACE

Consists of Hue (another word for color), Value (lightness or darkness) and Intensity (brightness).

COLOR

Color has three properties:

1. HUE: this is the name of the colors

2. VALUE: refers to the lightness or darkness of a hue.

3. INTENSITY: refers to the purity of the hue (called “chroma”)

Color has three properties:

1. HUE: this is the name of the colors

2. VALUE: refers to the lightness or darkness of a hue.

3. INTENSITY: refers to the purity of the hue (called “chroma”)

COLOR

Neutral ColorsThese colors are made by adding a complementary color (opposite on the color wheel) to a hue. Neutralized hues are called tones.

Tints - adding white to lighten a hue

Shades - adding black to darken a hue

Tints and Shades

Warm – red, orange, yellow

Cool – green, blue, violet

Warm and Cool Colors

The lightness or darkness of a color.

VALUE

High Range in Value Low Range in Value

VALUE

TEXTURE

The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.

TEXTURE

Textures may be actual or implied.

Actual – texture that you can feel with your sense of touch

Implied – texture that has been simulated in drawing and painting on a smooth

surface

TEXTURE